Michael Blume
GastroenterologistMetropolitan Medical Associates
Michael Blume, MD, is a Gastroenterologist at the Metropolitan Medical Associates in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to being in full-time private practice, he has extensive experience in utilization management and quality improvement. Dr. Blume has done consulting work for various clinical efficiency projects as well as lectured on this topic. He has served as Medical Staff President at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore and as the Medical Director of the Maryland Endoscopy Center in Towson. (This is me - Update Profile)
| 1987 - present | Gastroenterologist Metropolitan Medical Associates |
|---|---|
| 1983 - 1987 | Gastroenterology Private Practice |
GLG Study Groups with Michael Blume(?)
| Study Group Name | Members |
|---|---|
| Gastroenterologists in Private Practice (US) | 190 |
| Gastroenterologists (US) | 811 |
| Gastroenterologists who Treat Crohn's Disease (US) | 31 |
| Physicians who Treat GERD (US) | 348 |
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This potential issue has been of concern since we changed to Propofol based anesthesia for all of our patients approximately five years ago. We made this decision because it made endoscopic procedures significantly more tolerable (essentially painless, except for the bowel prep) for just...
Patients with isolated proctitis remain a difficult to treat subpopulation of patients with UC. Topical mesalamine is often efficacious, but is not always the preferred mode of administration for many patients. As we have a variety of options as to which oral mesalamine preparation to use...
Which PPI to prescribe? We already have a myriad of choices between brands, which in general, are all quite effective when used for the correct indications. An oral suspension is useful in a patient who requires PPI therapy, but who is unable to swallow pills for a variety of reasons. ...
The clinical outcome information in this report regarding decreasing colectomy rate is not particularly surprising, but the cost statements may be misleading. One wonders if the increased health care costs in the colectomy group reflect that fact that the observation period was only...
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